“Ushio frees demon Tora with Beast Spear to save town from evil spirits.”
Ushio and Tora
うしおととら
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Synopsis
Ushio frees demon Tora with Beast Spear to save town from evil spirits.
Ushio thinks his father's tale of an ancient ancestor impaling a demon on a temple altar stone with the legendary Beast Spear is nuts, but when he finds the monster in his own basement, Ushio has to take another look at the family legend! Fortunately, Ushio knows it's best to let sleeping dogs lie and leave captured demons where they are. Unfortunately, the release of the monster's evil energies begins to beckon other demons to Ushio's hometown! To save his friends and family from the invading spirits, Ushio is forced to release Tora from his captivity. But will the cure prove to be worse than the curse? Will Ushio end his life a Tora-snack? Or will the Beast Spear keep Tora in line long enough to save the city? (Source: AniDB)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 viewers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.83 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.75
Running avg · Apr 2009 → Apr 2015
- 7 “How does one adapt 33 volumes of manga into 10 OVA's? You can't. Especially something from the post-yokai boom. Ushio and Tora is one of those series that is so shonen it's amazing. I personally...”
- 8 “My heart really goes out to classic anime featuring ghosts and demons, it really does. Ushio to tora when i first saw it kinda looked kinda dumb to me based on Toras design but when i actually took...”
- 8 “An Anime Classic, and must watch, Ushio and Tora is one of those good to see old-school animes. After watching a continuum of new Girl Meets Boy, and Gothic over tone anime I decided to do some...”
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- Format 10 × 30′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 00m all episodes
- Aired Sep 1992 – Aug 1993
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0762 catalog
Produced by
- OB Planning Producer
- Toshiba EMI Producer
- TOHO Producer
- Shogakukan Producer
Licensed by
- ADV Films Licensor